<p>This question may have already been answered, but it’s directed to any of the current UC transfer students: Do you feel that your CCC has prepared you for the UC upper division courses?</p>
<p>I think people in CC has more time to think and actually find their rightful calling. Seriously, who knew what they REALLY wanted to do straight out of highschool. I honestly didn’t. I went from a Biology major to a Linguistics major in a CC. I did wasted some time by taking those science classes but I found out that it wasn’t for me. Plus, CC’s are essentially cheaper to go to so it gives you more freedom to play around and find yourself. Socially, honestly, it’s not like you’re the only one that didn’t head to a 4-year right away. Just saying.</p>
<p>If you don’t know what you wanna be, I should go through CC first then transfer. If you know right off high school, you want to be engineer or something and have a chance to go to a good Uc, then you should. Plus, going through community college makes it easier to get into better school, not that easier but you can finish all the lower division courses with cheaper tuition and for CA people, it’s free. Why not right ? spending like 20k for the first 2 lower division years is not all that better at all.
My first year at Uc Davis for electrical engineer was awful. I was so kicking back and relaxing like I would in CC cause CC was way too easy for me. I took 21 units with 2 maths, physics and english and 1 ge still got straight As and a B. My GPA was 3.6 when i transferred to UCD. However, UC is not easy at all, I got straigh Cs and failed 2 classes before I realized this is not CC anymore. I set out time to study, mostly I go to 24-hour study with people around me studying so i can get the motivation. I was even on Academic probation after the first year, it was all bad. Now, i know how to study, I got As and B+ so far in harder classes, My Gpa starts to look a lot nicer now. My recommendation is to read the book, read read read read and homework is there for practicing and preparing for exams, dont copy homework and turn it in for credit, it hurts you badly later on. You should go to office hour if you dont understand the homework, and the prof. helps you one on one, you’ll be surprised how better you would get in the class. Don’t take too many hard classes, take your time, take some easy or ge classes in between, 2 core courses and 1 or 2 ge. make your GPA looks good because the GPA of the last 2 years is your life, you would get a job or not is very dependent on it. Upper division courses are not CC or high school anymore. Give up all the fun, and spend that last 2 years to make your next 50 years easier. Pick the major that you passionate about, and work at it. you fail, you get back up and retake it, work harder at it. I’m graduating soon, but I wanna go for master degree while I have this kindda good feeling about school. Good luck to all of you !</p>
<p>My first semester experience was good. I came to Berkeley as a Gender and Women Studies major and quickly changed to American Studies. I love love love love my major and I am so happy that I had the opportunity to switch. They are pretty easy-go-lucky around here about changing to certain majors within L&S. Academically, I rocked it! I am so pleased with my grades. It’s harder but I found that my classes are really f*ing interesting and that I am willing to work hard for those A’s. I like Berkeley better than my community college experience because it is more critical thinking less b.s. busy work. BUUUUUUTTTTTT… I would say on reflection that I had really low self-esteem my first semester… I felt inferior to everyone else. I am not sure if that is my PERSONAL problem or something that transfer kids feel all of the time… but that was my experience. This is my second semester and I feel much much much more confident in my abilities here. I feel like I am smart and people like me.</p>
<p>Nowww… I am an older transfer student. So I left my fiancee down in SoCal, quit my job and moved up here. It was really f*ing hard. Long distance relationships can maybe kill a person…but I am still alive and we are still together. I was depressed and lonely my first semester. I was lost and I felt like, “wow…why am I here?”</p>
<p>BUT once you get through that feeling of doubt… IT FEELS SO GOOD! I know that I belong here. Any questions, you can pm them to me. I will answer. Bottom line, is that the first semester can really suck…but you will get through it.</p>